49 Things From 50 Years Ago: Can You Guess Everything that Happened in 1969?

The Internet

There’s a long-running debate about when “The Internet” was born. Tech-heads like to cite April 7, 1969, as the internet’s official birthdate. And if you want, you can also refer to its inception.

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Source: Mental Floss

That was the day the first official Request for Comments (RFC) was published. What’s the RFC? It included research, proposals, and ideas on the creation of true internet technology.

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